DILLINGHAM, Paul, Jr., (father of William Paul Dillingham),
a Representative from Vermont; born in Shutesbury, Mass., August 10,
1799; moved with his father to Waterbury, Vt., in 1805; attended the district
school in Waterbury; studied law; was admitted to the bar in March 1823 and
commenced practice in Waterbury, Vt.; justice of the peace 1826-1844; town
clerk of Waterbury 1829-1844; member of the State house of representatives
1833-1835 and 1837-1840; prosecuting attorney of Washington County 1835-1838;
delegate to the State constitutional conventions of 1836, 1857, and again in
1870; served in the State senate in 1841, 1842, and 1861; elected as a Democrat
to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1846; Lieutenant Governor 1862-1865;
Governor of Vermont in 1865 and 1866; resumed the practice of law; retired in
1875; died at his home in Waterbury, Vt., July 26, 1891; interment in the
Village Cemetery.